Mulder-21 wrote:Hunef, it tastes salty.
Because it's conserved or prepared in salt, or because the meat is actually salty?
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Mulder-21 wrote:Hunef, it tastes salty.
Catharina wrote:Man I wan't wait to get to the Faeroes:-)
I had lundi once in Iceland, some years ago...carpaccio from smoked puffin...it was VALHALLA and I would love to have it again! *melts into a puddle on the floor*
Catharina wrote:I had whale too that night, but it tasted a little like liver, which I don't like so much. I look forward to trying the dried whale strips.
Mulder-21 wrote:I didn't notice this thread until now
Well, bird, fish, whale. That about sums it up for national food.
Note: names are in Faroese with links to English Wikipedia articles.
When it comes to bird, we eat lundi, lomvigi, álka, havhestur, skrápur, skarvur, and gás (either grágás or heimagás). Otherwise, it's more or less similar to the rest of the world, except that we've never eaten pigeon here, which is a French delicatesse, I believe. Turkey is also not that common here, duck and goose being far more popular.
When it comes to fish, we eat so many kinds, but toskur, laksur and hýsa are worth mentioning.
Whale is probably the most controversial of all foods eaten by the Faroese. Or well it IS. Commonly there are three species driven, mainly the Grind(ahvalur) (has a link to an article concering whale driving) and much seldomly døglingur and springari.
When it comes to vegetables we're restricted to the potato, which in the Faroes is called epli [e:p_hl_0@], except in Suðuroy, where it's called epl [Epl_0]. All other vegetables and fruits are imported. If you are wondering why the Faroese still are alive without having eaten that many vegetables and fruit, it's because of their diet. Seabirds and marine life has been the source of such things.
Of course, you can't mention the Faroes without mentioning the most commonly accepted reason for the Faroes' name: The Sheep. Pretty much every part of the sheep is eaten: Heart, tongue, eyes, ears, brain, the meat itself of course prepared in various ways etc. A lot of possibilities.
So, that's in short something about the Faroese national foods.
Hunef, it tastes salty.
Hunef wrote:To me, Valhalla is pig meat.
Gormur wrote:Hunef wrote:To me, Valhalla is pig meat.
Wild boar is delicious, but damn expensive (here)! It has a sweeter flavor than pork.
EmperorOfTheUSA wrote:ahh, good ol' asterix, anyone know if there is a faroese language version of it? that be awesome
Hunef wrote:einhar, do you eat sheep head like the gutnish people do?Here in Jämtland, we were more into goats than sheep, and we drank the milk rather than eating their meat (which I think my ancestors gave to the dogs).
Lambskalli 'sheep head', a gutnish delicacy.
einhar wrote:Hunef wrote:einhar, do you eat sheep head like the gutnish people do?Here in Jämtland, we were more into goats than sheep, and we drank the milk rather than eating their meat (which I think my ancestors gave to the dogs).
Lambskalli 'sheep head', a gutnish delicacy.
A made an inquiry in the Icelandic website - visindavefur.is - and asked if the word lambskalli was found in Icelandic.
The answer (http://visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=6835) from the Icelandic scientist was much of a dissapointment to me. After trying to guide them,in an email, where the origin of lambskalli came from they withdraw their answer, but several weeks later it came back with some changes, but again the origin of lambskalli was still wrong. They still quote to this Faroese Unilang thread and think the origin is Faroese.
Hunef wrote:Oh, damn. I have unintentionally messed up your language by inventing the the normalized spelling lambskalli for Gutnish lambskalle (phonetically more correct and the usual spelling).
einhar wrote:Hunef wrote:Oh, damn. I have unintentionally messed up your language by inventing the the normalized spelling lambskalli for Gutnish lambskalle (phonetically more correct and the usual spelling).
Just think about the power of Unilang
The scientists just see the word lambskalli in a Faroese thread - conclusion the origin is Faroese What a great diggers they are
I recommend a Nobel prize for their great work
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